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Entschuldigung! ☊ 
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☊ Entschuldigen Sie ... ☊ Xin lỗi ông bà ☊ ☊ die Schulden ☊ nợ ☊ ☊ sich entschuldigen ☊ xin lỗi ☊ ☊ die Schuld ☊ lỗi ☊ ☊ schuldig ☊ có tội ☊ ☊ unschuldig ☊ vô tội ☊ ☊ jemandem etwas schulden ☊ ai đó phạm tội gì ☊ ☊ Entschuldigung. ☊ 对不起 ☊ Duìbùqǐ. Entschuldigen Sie ... ☊ 对不起 ☊ Duìbùqǐ ... Schulden ☊ 债务 ☊ zhài wù Höhe der Schulden ☊ 债务数额 ☊ zhài wù shù é sich entschuldigen ☊ 道歉 ☊ dào qiàn Schuld ☊ 过失 ☊ guò shī schuldig ☊ 有罪的 ☊ yǒu zuì de unschuldig ☊ 无罪的 ☊ wú zuì de jemandem etwas schulden ☊ 欠某人某物 ☊ qiàn mǒu rén mǒu wù Entschuldigen Sie, können Sie mir bitte erklären, wo das Hotel Zentral ist? ☊ Xin lỗi, anh làm ơn chỉ cho tôi khách sạn Zentral ở đâu được không? ☊ (Lektion 11, Nr. 107) Entschuldige, aber ich bevorzuge eine Besichtigungstour. ☊ Xin lỗi, nhưng em thích đi tham quan hơn. ☊ (Lektion 17, Nr. 192) Entschuldigung, welches Benzin brauche ich? Normal, Super oder Diesel? ☊ Xin lỗi, xe tôi cần loại xăng nào? Loại thường, đặc biệt hay là dầu Diesel? ☊ (Lektion 19, Nr. 217) Entschuldigen Sie, wie komme ich am günstigsten nach Berlin? ☊ Xin lỗi, tôi đến Berlin thế nào thì rẻ nhất? ☊ (Lektion 20, Nr. 232) Entschuldigen Sie, ich suche die nächste Telefonzelle. ☊ Xin lỗi, tôi muốn tìm một trạm điện thoại ở gần đây. ☊ (Lektion 31, Nr. 402) Er muss sich bei ihr für sein Verhalten entschuldigen. ☊ Anh ta phải xin lỗi chị về thái độ của mình. ☊ (Lektion 61, Nr. 861) Auch sein Anwalt, der auf unschuldig plädierte, konnte ihm nicht helfen. ☊ Ngay cả luật sư, người bào chữa cho anh ta cũng không thể giúp gì được. ☊ (Lektion 63, Nr. 894) Entschuldigung, ich habe die falsche Telefonnummer gewählt. ☊ Xin lỗi tôi đã gọi nhầm số. ☊ (Lektion 87, Nr. 1276) Bitte entschuldigen Sie mich, ich muss noch kurz telefonieren. ☊ Anh / Chị thông cảm, tôi phải gọi điện một chút. ☊ (Lektion 87, Nr. 1292) Bitte entschuldigen Sie, dass ich heute erst antworten kann. ☊ Xin lỗi vì hôm nay tôi mới có thể trả lời anh / chị được. ☊ (Lektion 91, Nr. 1375) Entschuldigung, sind Sie die neue Kollegin? ☊ Xin lỗi, anh / chị có phải là nhân viên mới không? ☊ (Lektion 95, Nr. 1476) Entschuldigung, darf ich hereinkommen? ☊ Xin lỗi, tôi vào được không? ☊ (Lektion 95, Nr. 1479) Entschuldigung. ☊ Xin lỗi. ☊ (Lektion 95, Nr. 1482) Bitte entschuldigen Sie meine Verspätung. Ich stand eine Stunde lang im Stau. ☊ Xin anh / chị thứ lỗi về sự chậm trễ. Tôi bị tắc đường một tiếng đồng hồ. ☊ (Lektion 95, Nr. 1488) Bitte entschuldigen Sie meine Verspätung. ☊ Rất xin lỗi các vị về sự chậm trễ của tôi. ☊ (Lektion 97, Nr. 1564) Bitte entschuldigen Sie den Fehler. Wir werden die Ware noch heute an Sie verschicken. ☊ Xin lỗi quý khách vì sai sót này. Chúng tôi sẽ gửi hàng cho quý khách ngay trong ngày hôm nay. ☊ (Lektion 98, Nr. 1596) Wer ist Schuld daran, dass dieser Fehler passiert ist? ☊ Ai là người đã gây ra sai phạm trên? ☊ (Lektion 102, Nr. 1707) Es ist sinnlos, sich gegenseitig die Schuld zuzuschieben. ☊ Tôi thấy việc đổ lỗi cho nhau không đem lại lợi ích gì cả. ☊ (Lektion 102, Nr. 1713) Ich muss mich entschuldigen: Ich wollte Sie nicht beleidigen. ☊ Tôi xin lỗi về điều đó, tôi không có ý xúc phạm anh / chị. ☊ (Lektion 102, Nr. 1716) Entschuldigung, wie komme ich zu Halle 12? ☊ Xin lỗi, đi đến khu 12 thế nào? ☊ (Lektion 120, Nr. 2312) Entschuldigung, ist dieser Platz noch frei? ☊ Xin lỗi, chỗ này trống phải không? ☊ (Lektion 124, Nr. 2419) Bitte entschuldigen Sie das. ☊ Xin lỗi quý vị về việc này. ☊ (Lektion 125, Nr. 2500) Bitte entschuldigen Sie unseren Fehler. ☊ Xin lỗi quý vị về sai sót của chúng tôi. ☊ (Lektion 125, Nr. 2501) accept sth: Please accept our sincere apologies. ☊ accept ☊
She accused him of lying. ☊ accuse ☊
They stand accused of crimes against humanity. ☊ accuse ☊
Add up all the money I owe you. ☊ add up, add sth up ☊
admit to sth: He refused to admit to the other charges. ☊ admit ☊
He refused to admit his guilt. ☊ admit ☊
She stands accused of aiding and abetting the crime. ☊ aid and abet ☊
He pleaded guilty to driving with excess alcohol. ☊ alcohol ☊
Nothing can alter the fact that we are to blame. ☊ alter ☊
You owe me £68 altogether. ☊ altogether ☊
The insurance company will refund any amount due to you. ☊ amount ☊
angry with/at sb: Please don't be angry with me. It wasn't my fault. ☊ angry ☊
She had no answer to the accusations. ☊ answer ☊
Why should I apologize? ☊ apologize ☊
Go and apologize to her. ☊ apologize ☊
We apologize for the late departure of this flight. ☊ apologize ☊
He said he would appeal after being found guilty on four counts of murder. ☊ appeal ☊
We apologize for the late arrival of the train. ☊ arrival ☊
The awful thing is, it was my fault. ☊ awful ☊
You shouldn't have to bear the blame for other people's mistakes. ☊ bear ☊
The best thing to do would be to apologize. ☊ best ☊
If anyone's to blame, it's me. ☊ be to blame (for sth) ☊
Call her if you like, but don't blame me if she's angry. ☊ don't blame me ☊
If you lose your job, you'll only have yourself to blame. ☊ only have yourself to blame ☊
to lay/put the blame for sth on sb ☊ blame ☊
The government will have to take the blame for the riots. ☊ blame ☊
Why do I always get the blame for everything that goes wrong? ☊ blame ☊
I'm not interested in apportioning blame for the accident (= deciding how much each person involved was responsible for it). ☊ blame ☊
Sorry to bother you, but there's a call for you on line two. ☊ bother ☊
'Here's the money I owe you.' 'But that's not right—it was only £10.' ☊ but ☊
Excuse me, I can't get by. ☊ by ☊
I make it ten pounds forty-three you owe me. Let's call it ten pounds. ☊ call ☊
The US has agreed to cancel debts (= say that they no longer need to be paid) totalling $10 million. ☊ cancel ☊
Sorry, I didn't quite catch what you said. ☊ catch ☊
Are you accusing me of being a cheat? ☊ cheat ☊
appalling crimes committed against innocent children ☊ commit ☊
You'd think he'd have the common courtesy to apologize (= this would be the polite behaviour that people would expect). ☊ common ☊
It took the jury some time to reach the conclusion that she was guilty. ☊ conclusion ☊
His guilty expression confirmed my suspicions. ☊ confirm ☊
He used his wife's birthday as a convenient excuse for not going to the meeting. ☊ convenient ☊
count for sth: The fact that she had apologized counted for nothing with him. ☊ count ☊
The company crashed with debts of £50 million. ☊ crash ☊
The allegations are likely to damage his political career. ☊ damage ☊
I need to pay off all my debts before I leave the country. ☊ debt ☊
an outstanding debt of £300 ☊ debt ☊
He had run up credit card debts of thousands of dollars. ☊ debt ☊
He died heavily in debt. ☊ debt ☊
The club is £4 million in debt. ☊ debt ☊
We were poor but we never got into debt. ☊ debt ☊
It's hard to stay out of debt when you are a student. ☊ debt ☊
a country's foreign debt burden ☊ debt ☊
We apologize for the delay in answering your letter. ☊ delay ☊
I'm sorry to disturb you, but can I talk to you for a moment? ☊ disturb ☊
Sorry. I don't do funny (= I can't be funny). ☊ do ☊
The accident was the other driver's fault. ☊ driver ☊
The company owes a duty of care to its customers. ☊ duty ☊
Late again! What's your excuse this time? ☊ excuse ☊
excuse (for sth): There's no excuse for such behaviour. ☊ excuse ☊
excuse (for doing sth): His excuse for forgetting her birthday was that he had lost his diary. ☊ excuse ☊
You don't have to make excuses for her (= try to think of reasons for her behaviour). ☊ excuse ☊
It's late. I'm afraid I'll have to make my excuses (= say I'm sorry, give my reasons and leave). ☊ excuse ☊
excuse (for sth/for doing sth): It's just an excuse for a party. ☊ excuse ☊
excuse (to do sth): It gave me an excuse to take the car. ☊ excuse ☊
excuse sth: Please excuse the mess. ☊ excuse ☊
excuse sb: You must excuse my father—he's not always that rude. ☊ excuse ☊
excuse sb for sth/for doing sth: I hope you'll excuse me for being so late. ☊ excuse ☊
You might be excused for thinking that Ben is in charge (= he is not, but it is an easy mistake to make). ☊ excuse ☊
excuse sb doing sth: Excuse my interrupting you. ☊ excuse ☊
Excuse me, is this the way to the station? ☊ excuse me ☊
Excuse me, could you let me through? ☊ excuse me ☊
Guy sneezed loudly. 'Excuse me,' he said. ☊ excuse me ☊
Excuse me, but I don't think that's true. ☊ excuse me ☊
'Excuse me for a moment,' she said and left the room. ☊ excuse me ☊
Oh, excuse me. I didn't see you there. ☊ excuse me ☊
The president took the extraordinary step of apologizing publicly for his behaviour! ☊ extraordinary ☊
If you're going to make accusations, you'd better get your facts right (= make sure your information is correct). ☊ fact ☊
I think my worst fault is impatience. ☊ fault ☊
Why should I say sorry when it's not my fault? ☊ fault ☊
It's nobody's fault. ☊ fault ☊
fault (that...): It was his fault that we were late. ☊ fault ☊
fault (for doing sth): It's your own fault for being careless. ☊ fault ☊
Many people live in poverty through no fault of their own. ☊ fault ☊
I think the owners are at fault (= responsible) for not warning us. ☊ fault ☊
He believes that the product's poor image is partly the fault of the press. ☊ fault ☊
I'll ask Steve to take it. He owes me a favour. ☊ favour ☊
I felt (that) I had to apologize. ☊ feel ☊
I was feeling guilty. ☊ feel ☊
guilty feelings ☊ feeling ☊
forget (about sth): I'd completely forgotten about the money he owed me. ☊ forget ☊
to make a formal apology/complaint/request ☊ formal ☊
Sorry, the hotel is full up tonight. ☊ full ☊
heavy gambling debts ☊ gambling ☊
I felt guilty about not visiting my parents more often. ☊ guilty ☊
John had a guilty look on his face. ☊ guilty ☊
The jury found the defendant not guilty of the offence. ☊ guilty ☊
He pleaded guilty to murder. ☊ guilty ☊
the guilty party (= the person responsible for sth bad happening) ☊ guilty ☊
We've all been guilty of selfishness at some time in our lives. ☊ guilty ☊
He's as guilty as hell. ☊ hell ☊
I couldn't help it if the bus was late (= it wasn't my fault). ☊ sb can (not) help (doing) sth, sb can not help but do sth ☊
Proving his innocence has become a matter of honour. ☊ honour ☊
'Nobody blames you.' 'I should hope not!' ☊ I should hope so/not, so I should hope ☊
'I think you owe me some money.' ' How come?' ☊ how come? ☊
huge debts ☊ huge ☊
She hurried after Gary to apologize to him. ☊ hurry ☊
She is innocent; it was a case of mistaken identity. ☊ identity ☊
it is implied that...: It was implied that we were at fault. ☊ imply ☊
They have imprisoned an innocent man. ☊ innocent ☊
innocent (of sth): She was found innocent of any crime. ☊ innocent ☊
He was the innocent party (= person) in the breakdown of the marriage. ☊ innocent ☊
There must be an innocent explanation for her behaviour. ☊ innocent ☊
an innocent bystander ☊ innocent ☊
innocent victims of a bomb blast ☊ innocent ☊
Thousands of innocent civilians have been killed in this conflict. ☊ innocent ☊
an innocent young child ☊ innocent ☊
insist on sth: He insisted on his innocence. ☊ insist ☊
insist (that)...: He insisted (that) he was innocent. ☊ insist ☊
I have every intention of paying her back what I owe her. ☊ intention ☊
Sorry to interrupt, but there's someone to see you. ☊ interrupt ☊
What excuse did he invent this time? ☊ invent ☊
As far as I can judge, all of them are to blame. ☊ judge ☊
They were accused of attempting to pervert the course of justice. ☊ justice ☊
They were accused of attempting to obstruct justice. ☊ justice ☊
We apologize for the late arrival of this train. ☊ late ☊
No explanation was offered, still less an apology. ☊ even/much/still less ☊
lift (up): Her eyebrows lifted. 'Apologize? Why?' ☊ lift ☊
We would like to apologize for the delay. ☊ like ☊
A local man was accused of the murder. ☊ local ☊
He regretted the lost (= wasted) opportunity to apologize to her. ☊ lost ☊
maintain sth: She has always maintained her innocence. ☊ maintain ☊
+ speech: 'But I'm innocent!' she maintained. ☊ maintain ☊
She marched over to me and demanded an apology. ☊ march ☊
And then there's the little matter of the fifty pounds you owe me. ☊ matter ☊
Excuse me! ☊ me ☊
I'm feeling very guilty—I've been meaning to call my parents for days, but still haven't got around to it. ☊ mean ☊
He was found guilty of murder. ☊ murder ☊
You owe me 27 dollars? Make it 30, that's a good round number. ☊ number ☊
He was cleared of all blame. ☊ of ☊
a first offence (= the first time that sb has been found guilty of a crime) ☊ offence ☊
She pleaded guilty to five traffic offenses. ☊ offense ☊
Don't blame me, I'm only the messenger! ☊ only ☊
They ought to apologize. ☊ ought to ☊
They ought to have apologized (= but they didn't). ☊ ought to ☊
We shouldn't blame ourselves for what happened. ☊ ourselves ☊
owe sb sth: She still owes her father £3 000. ☊ owe ☊
I'm still owed three days' leave. ☊ owe ☊
owe sb sth for sth: How much do I owe you for the groceries? ☊ owe ☊
owe sth (to sb) (for sth): She still owes £3 000 to her father ☊ owe ☊
The country owes billions of dollars to foreign creditors. ☊ owe ☊
owe sth to sb: I owe a debt of gratitude to all my family. ☊ owe ☊
You owe it to your staff to be honest with them. ☊ owe ☊
owe sb sth: You owe me a favour! ☊ owe ☊
Thanks for sticking up for me—I owe you one (= I owe you a favour). ☊ owe ☊
I think you owe us an explanation. ☊ owe ☊
I think we're owed an apology. ☊ owe ☊
The accident happened through no fault of her own. ☊ own ☊
Let's forget about who was more to blame—it's all past history. ☊ past ☊
pay sb sth: He still hasn't paid me the money he owes me. ☊ pay ☊
pay sth: to pay a bill/debt/fine/ransom, etc. ☊ pay ☊
Did he ever pay you back that $100 he owes you? ☊ pay sb back (sth), pay sth back (to sb) ☊
Everyone blamed me as per usual. ☊ as per normal/usual ☊
He walked out leaving a pile of debts behind him. ☊ pile ☊
Excuse me, I seem to have lost my place. ☊ place ☊
plot (with sb) (against sb): They were accused of plotting against the state. ☊ plot ☊
He was charged with possessing a shotgun without a licence. ☊ possess ☊
promise (to do sth): The college principal promised to look into the matter. ☊ promise ☊
prospect (that...): There's a reasonable prospect that his debts will be paid. ☊ prospect ☊
She wrote a letter of apology but only under protest. ☊ under protest ☊
prove sth: They hope this new evidence will prove her innocence. ☊ prove ☊
In this country, you are innocent until proved guilty. ☊ prove ☊
a public apology ☊ public ☊
He later publicly apologized for his comments. ☊ publicly ☊
The editors published a full apology in the following edition. ☊ publish ☊
He was excused by reason of (= because of) his age. ☊ reason ☊
The prosecution has to prove beyond reasonable doubt that he is guilty of murder. ☊ reasonable ☊
I'm sorry—could you repeat that? ☊ repeat ☊
I did it on my own responsibility (= without being told to and being willing to take the blame if it had gone wrong). ☊ responsibility ☊
Don't blame Alex. He's human, like the rest of us. ☊ rest ☊
He wouldn't apologize. He knew he was in the right (= had justice on his side). ☊ right ☊
If we go to war, innocent lives will be put at risk. ☊ at risk (from/of sth) ☊
share sth (with sb): Both drivers shared the blame for the accident. ☊ share ☊
share of sth: Everyone must accept their share of the blame. ☊ share ☊
Should I call him and apologize? ☊ should ☊
Her accusations reduced him to silence. ☊ silence ☊
Anyway, to put it simply, we still owe them £2 000. ☊ simply ☊
a sincere apology ☊ sincere ☊
We were shocked at the size of his debts. ☊ size ☊
If you say you're sorry we'll forgive you. ☊ sorry ☊
Sorry I'm late! ☊ sorry ☊
Did I stand on your foot? Sorry! ☊ sorry ☊
Sorry to bother you, but could I speak to you for a moment? ☊ sorry ☊
He didn't even say sorry. ☊ sorry ☊
How can you stand by and see him accused of something he didn't do? ☊ stand by ☊
He said he didn't have time or made some such excuse. ☊ such ☊
I have no sympathy for Jan, it's all her own fault. ☊ sympathy ☊
I tackled him about the money he owed me. ☊ tackle ☊
She was accused of taking bribes. ☊ take ☊
Why should I take the blame for somebody else's mistakes? ☊ take ☊
The new loan takes the total debt to $100 000. ☊ take ☊
I don't know what you're talking about (= used to say that you did not do sth that sb has accused you of). ☊ talk ☊
The best thing to do is to apologize. ☊ thing ☊
Can't you think up a better excuse than that? ☊ think sth up ☊
The accident happened through no fault of mine. ☊ through ☊
There's no need to take that tone with me—it's not my fault we're late. ☊ tone ☊
You can't put all the blame on him. It takes two to make a marriage. ☊ it takes two to do sth ☊
They were found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to animals. ☊ unnecessary ☊
You can't keep using your bad back as an excuse. ☊ use ☊
She was the innocent victim of an arson attack. ☊ victim ☊
He virtually admitted he was guilty. ☊ virtually ☊
Guilt and horror flooded her in waves. ☊ wave ☊
Guilt is the secret weapon for the control of children. ☊ weapon ☊
wild accusations ☊ wild ☊
a written apology ☊ written ☊
She was wrongly accused of stealing. ☊ wrongly ☊
Excuse me, is this your seat? ☊ your ☊